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red ; base of the quill-feathers white, the rest black ; bill black ; 

 legs yellowish. Eight inches long. Inhabits Cayenne Buff'. 

 PI. Enl 454. 



T. migratorius, Lath. Plumage grayish ; bill yellow,, and blackish 

 at its extremity j three white spots on the sides of the head ; 

 tail black, bordered with gray ; fore part of the neck, breast, and 

 belly, of a bright red ; lower part of the belly white. Nine 

 inches long. Inhabits North America Buff. PL Enl. 556. 



T. vociferans, Swainson. Body cinereous above, ferruginous be- 

 low ; with the ears and sides of the head black ; tail rounded, 

 its middle feathers black, and lateral ones ferruginous. 71 inches 

 long. Inhabits Southern Africa Swains. Zool. III. iii pi. 80. 



T. clamosus, Lath, Plumage olive green above, paler beneath, the 

 quills edged with yellow. Seven inches long. Inhabits Africa. 

 Vaill. Ois, d'Afriq. iii. pi. 106, fig. 2. 



Gen. 2. CINCLUS, Bechst. Hydrobata, Vieill. 

 Bill rather slender, slightly bent upwards, compressed at the 

 sides; point of the upper mandible bent over the lower; 

 nostrils basal, lateral, longitudinally cleft, and partly covered 

 by a membrane ; head small ; three toes before and one be- 

 hind, the exterior joined at its base to the middle one ; tarsus 

 longer than the middle toe ; wings short. 



C. aquations, Bechst. European Dipper. Upper parts of the body 

 of a deep brown, tinted with ash-colour; throat, front of the 

 neck and breast pure white ; belly red ; bill blackish ; iris pearl- 

 coloured ; feet horn-colour. 7 inches long. Inhabits Europe. B. 

 Selbij, Illust. pi. 45. 



This singular bird feeds on aquatic insects, and in consequence is found always 

 near the margins of clear streams. With the structure of a land-bird, and incapa- 

 ble of diving or swimming, it nevertheless advances into the water in pursuit of its 

 prey, walking on the bottom and completely covered. 



Gen. 3. MENURA, Shaw. 



Bill at its base broader than deep, straight, somewhat slender, 

 inclined at the point, which is notched, and furnished at the 

 base with setaceous plumes, pointing forwards ; lower man- 

 dible shortest ; nostrils oval, large, covered with a membrane, 

 and situated in the middle of the bill ; claws as long as the 

 toes, broad, convex above, obtuse ; wings short, concave. 



M. superba, Lath. Plumage above brown, inclining to rufcrus on 

 the wings and neck, ashy-brown below ; tail of sixteen loose- 

 webbed feathers. Size of a hen pheasant. New South Wales. 

 Vieill Ois. de Parad. pi. 14. 



Gen. 4. PITTA, Vieill. 



Bill of medium size, strong, hard, compressed through its whole 

 length, slightly inclined from its base, bent at the point, 



